In 1863, in the ____ of the civil war, President Abraham Lincoln announced that the nation would celebrate Thanksgiving every year on the final Thursday in November. But did you know in 1939, President Franklin D Roosevelt decided to move the holiday up a week to give ____ era retailers more time to make money during the pre-Christmas shopping season. The move was widely ____, and in 1941 FDR signed a bill fixing Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November, where it stays today. One of the ____ Thanksgiving traditions began in 1989 when President George H.W. Bush granted the first official pardon to a turkey. Every November since then, the ____ has given a reprieve to one or two turkeys, sending them to ____ on a farm rather than to a dinner table. Though it only began in the late 20th century, this story has become one of the more unusual chapters in the long history of Thanksgiving traditions.

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